Super Iron Battery
The Super-iron battery is a new class of rechargeable electric battery.
"Super-iron" is a moniker for a special kind of ferrate salt (iron(VI)). Potassium ferrate (K2FeO4) or barium ferrate (BaFeO4), used in this new class of batteries.
As of 2004 chemist Stuart Licht of the University of Massachusetts Boston was leading research into a Super-iron battery.
Use of ferrate cathodes was tested and patented by Amendola as well as other patents.
- "...the new cathode employs salts of an unusual ionic form of iron — hexavalent or superoxidized iron—that readily accept three electrons per ion, Licht explains. The more electrons the cathode can accept, the more electricity the battery can supply." —Peter Weiss
It uses the same zinc anode and electrolyte as an alkaline battery, but its capacity is around 50% higher.
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